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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/30/1984 City Council 00171 MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS April 30, 1984 A SPECIAL JOINT WORK SESSION of the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas was called to order at 7:30 p.m. at the City Hall with the following members present: Larry D. Sample Mayor Scott North Councilman Helen Gray Councilman Don Amick Councilman Charles Dodds Councilman Marlene Poole Councilman and with Councilman Long absent; however, a quorum was established. 1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Sample led the Council and members of the audience in the pledge to the United States flag. 2. CITIZEN INPUT There was no citizen input. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES After a brief discussion regarding the minutes of the March 28th meeting, a typographical error was pointed out as well as changing the wording in the last paragraph of page one to read Sweden & Smith. Councilman Poole moved to accept the minutes of the March 28, 1984 meeting as amended. Seconded by Councilman Dodds, the motion passed with the following roll call vote: Abstain- Councilman Gray Noes- None Ayes- All other members voted aye The following statement is to be added to the final paragraph on the 3rd page of the April 2nd minutes: City Manager, Janice Carroll, asked if he had anything in writing. His reply was , no. Councilman North then moved to accept the April 2nd minutes as amended. Seconded by Councilman Poole, the motion passed with the following roll call vote: Abstain- Councilman Gray Noes- None Ayes- All other members voted aye Councilman North moved to accept the minutes of the April 9, 1984 meeting as they stand. Seconded by Councilman Dodds, the motion passed with the following roll call vote: Abstain- Councilman Gray Noes- None Ayes- All other members voted aye Councilman Dodds moved to approve the minutes from the April 16th on site public hearing as they stand. Seconded by Councilman Amick, the motion passed with the following roll call vote: 00171 , Mayor Sample Aye Councilman North Aye Councilman Long Abstain Councilman Amick Aye Councilman Dodds Aye Councilman Poole Abstain Councilman Gray Abstain Councilman Amick brought an error to the Councils attention on page two the next to the last paragraph should read dis-annexation. The City Secretary was directed to make the change. Councilman Dodds then moved to approve the minutes of the Regular Session of the April 16th meeting as amended. Seconded by Councilman North, the motion passed with the following roll call vote: Abstain - Councilman Gray Ayes - All other members voted aye Noes - None 4. CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE ANNEXING A 302.462 ACRE LAND TRACT GENERALLY LOCATED DUE NORTH OF THE NORTHWEST CITY LIMIT BOUNDARY ON WYNNEWOOD PENINSULA Councilman North moved to table this item at the present time. Seconded by Councilman Dodds, the motion passed with the following roll call vote: Ayes - All members voted aye Noes - None 5. DISCUSSION OF FUTURE PLANS FOR THE LIBRARY Mr. George Gillett, Chairman of the Library Board, gave a brief over-view of what has been going on to this point as well as the libraries needs in the immediate future. He pointed out that the bumper stickers they g~ve out and the audio equipment being used for the presentation tonight, are all provided free of charge from the North Texas Library System (NTLS). He then introduced the other board members present. They are as follows: James Althaus &Elaine Gayle. Jodi Phelan, Director of Library services was also present. They then showed the Council a well prepared slide presentation. It basically covered the progress of the library within the last two years, where they are now as well as what they anticipate their future needs to be. They stressed the importance of completing their membership requirements for NTLS as well as main- taining it. To complete their requirements it is necessary for the library to maintain one book per capita or 25% of their annual operating budget. Based on C.O.G.'s most recent population figures, the library would need another 6,058 volumes. He said the average cost per volume, disregarding anything over $81, is $23.13. Mrs. Phelan briefly described the current status of the library with NTLS. The library was allowed to join this organization with a provisionary status for three years to expire August 1985. She briefly touched on some of the requirments for membership as well as some of the advantages of being a member. The books recently purchased on the matching grant program were purchased at a 46% discount. Although this percentage is not 00171 available with every purchase, our buying power is much better than if we purchased books independ- ently. She said she would contact the State to see what they showed our population to be. It is the States figures that will determine the number of volumes or dollars needed to complete membership requirements with NTLS. She went on to say she is attempting to locate and identify foundations who donate monies to libraries in hopes someone might match or add to the $50,000 donation from the expected Talmadge Ti~ns%ey land sale. Councilman North added, a d~veloper has realized that a library is the foundation of a community. He felt the cash donation to the library building fund was a very positive idea on their part. Councilman Poole said, stable communities always have a good library. With no further action to be taken be the Council at this time, Councilman Dodds moved to adjourn the meeting. Seconded by Councilman North, the motion passed with the following roll call vote: Ayes- All members present voted aye Noes- None Mayor Sample adjourned the meeting at 9:30 p.m. APPROVED: D.~mp [e, May]~r-. ATTEST: Jan~Gadd, City Secretary